Nice Early Pair of Machinist Made Ladies Legs Calipers writing instruction A perfect winter still life

A perfect winter still life I'd say

but it is hard to know

Though much of the paint on his face has been lost to time

As there is an unfinished edge across the top

Nice Early Pair of Machinist Made Ladies Legs Calipers writing instruction A perfect winter still lifeIt's been a while since I've had a pair of folk art ladies legs calipers, typically made by metalworkers machinists for practical use, but I've been thinking about them lately as really quite marvelous things, embodying the infusion of delight (and a bit of eroticism) into daily labor. I came across this pair near Lake George in Upstate NY purchased from the sort of dealer who pulls things out of old houses that maybe haven't seen the light of day